Collar holder



July 10, 1923- 1,461,328

E. l. ROGERS. JR

COLLAR HOLDEB F iled Nov. 15 1920 11v VENTOR Patented July 10, 1923.

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COLLAR HOLDER.

Application filed November To all whom it may cancer/v:

Be it known that I, EVERETT IRVING Rooms, Jr., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Providence, county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Drawings.

- Figure 1 is a side view of a holder constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention. v

Figure 2 is a side viewshowing the-blank on which the front bar of the holder is formed. j

Figure 3 is a side view of the same after it is bentin the dies to the bar shape.

Figure 4 is a rear edge View of the same. Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 with the clip projections bent over and folded upon each other to retain the spring bar with which the holder is provided.

Figure 6 is a side view of a spring bar used in conjunction with the front bar disclosed in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive.

Figure 7 is a side view of a modified form of the holder shown in Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a rear edge view of the same. Figure 9is a side view of a modified form of the construction shown in Figures 7 and 8. Figure 10 is a rear edge view of the same. Figure 11 is a detail view showing the spring bar used in the construction shown in Figures 7 and 8.

Figure 12 is a detail view showing the spring bar used in the construction illustrated in Figures 9 and 10.

Description.

Heretofore, collar holders have been manufactured from base metal which has been subsequently coated with relatively precious metal with processes of dipping or plating. The construction has suggested the cutting out of sheets of metal the front bars or 15, 1920. Serial No. 424,148.

thebending of the front bars in various" curved shapesfrom' fiat metal, to which has been attached in any-suitable manner, the spring bar at the back relied upon for gripping the endslor edgesof the'collar'to beheld. 'The use of roll-platedmetal has been impossible by reasonof the fact that if the first manner of'forming the front bar was employed, the front edge of the; bar exposed theraw base metah If the second method was employed the "base "metal 'would show at the-upper and lowe r edges of the'front bar; {For these reasons therollplated {metal has been avoided for this, line ofmanufacture." In; the present invention this has beenovercoine bycutting sheets of plate-rolled metahthe blank 15 as seen? in ig. 2 of the drawings-"The blank 15 is then struck up by'adie'to formacurved. faced edge'16 and the intu'rned sides 17,

each of which has'a clip extension 18. *B'e- I tween the sides 17 a channel 19' is formed wherein is disposed the open loop members 20 of the; spring bar 21... The hooks 20 are each provided with extensions 22 fover and about which thecli p 'extensions 1'8 fold when i turned as seen in Figures 1 and 405m drawings. Between the extensions-22 of'the hooks 20 and the bar 21, is a space 23 through which the ends of the clip extensions 18 pass. The hooks 20 have each an extended'abutment heel 24: that rests in the bottom of the groove of the channel 19 to be held by the clip extensions 18 and to. stiffen the construction at thispoint.

The bar 21 is provided at the opposite ends thereof with detent teeth 25 and guide fingers 26. As shown best 1n Fig. 1 of the drawings'the guide fingers 26 form 1n conjunction with the extreme ends of the front bar of the holder entrances for wedging the edge of the collar past the teeth 25 to the spaces 27 between the bar 21 and the inner edge of thefront bar. Thereafter the teeth 25 prevent the accidental withdrawal of the edges of the collar. As seen best in Fig. 1, the teeth 25 normally rest in ranged as above described is placed in service the thickened edge of the collar is forced first between one end of the bar 21 and the front bar, the bar 21 yielding to permit the displacement of the teeth 25, associatedtherewith. Inthe movement of the bar-21 it will be observed that each side thereof pivots about the loop member furthest removed from the teeth associated with the end of the bar being deflected, the metal of the bar 21 yielding to this end between the mem' bers 20. By reason of. this construction the effective fiexure of the bar 21 is from each Ofthe members 20 at one side of the center of the holder to the teeth 25 at the opposite side of the center of the holder, thereby increasing, materially, the length of the yielding section of the spring bar 21 as the collar inserted at each end of the holder.

I It will be seen by reference to the drawings and to the description above that the front bar which is visible in service presents to the onlooker only surfaces which are covered with precious metal.

In Figs. 7 and 8, a modified form of the invention is disclosed wherein a straight length of round wire is utilized to form the spring bar 28. The spring bar 28 as shown is substantially straight between its extremities or between the curved portions 29 thereof, which are offset to form entrance ways for the edge of the collar between the spring bar and front bar. The ornamentations 30 may be employed in conjunction with the bar 2.8 or not.

The bar 28 is held rigidly in position by an elongation of one of the extension clips 18 to form a tubular grip 31 which retains hfi bar 28 rigidly in position.

A further modification of the construction is shown in Figures v9 and 10 where the bar 281's returned upon its self to fo rmfla central closedloop 32. Through this loop 32 is projected the ends of the clip extensions 18 as shown best in Fig. 9 of the drawings. The sides of the loopare not secured where they overlap, therefor, the spring of each side of the bar 28 extends from the ends 29 to the further ends of the loop, thereby giving greater flexibility to the bar 28.

Claims.

bar operativelv related to said front bar andv providing a centrally disposed loop-like member for receiving in permanent relation said clip extensions.

2. A collar holder comprising a rigid front bar constructed of a single faced metal pressed to form a rearwardly opening chan nel, said metal having adjacent the center thereof at the rear edge, clip extensions for engaging a back bar; and a resilient back bar operatively related to said front bar and providing a centrally disposed loop-like member for receiving in permanent relation said clip extensions, said loop-like member being elongated to provide resilient areas for said back bar extending from the extremities thereof to points beyond the center thereof.

E. IRVING ROGERS, JR. 

